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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 11:41 PM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1998, 11:41 PM EDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 150341 FFWILN KYC135-150540- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1141 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. * EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EDT. * HEAVY RAINS ACROSS LEWIS COUNTY HAVE PRODUCE UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FROM TOLLESBORO TO AROUND VANCEBURG SINCE 10 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING hIS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. LOTT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1005 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 INITIAL PROBLEM FOR THIS PERIOD IS ELEV CONV WHICH HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF WRM FRNT OVER IL/IN/KY. OOZ ETA MODEL RUN WAS ACCURATE WITH ALL ELEV CONV INDICATORS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. ACCORDING TO GUIDANCE...IT APPEARS AS TIME GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY...CONVECTION MAY BECOME MORE SFC BASED IN VCTY OF WRM FRNT...WITH CELLS STILL TRACKING ALONG 850-300 MB MEAN LAYER FLOW. THE PRECIP EFFICINCY HOWEVER WAS CORRECT IN INTS PICK UP OF THE ONSET OF PRECIP WITH THIS CURRENT SYSTEM. THIS INDICATOR APPEARS TO PROG THE POTENTIAL ONSET OF PRECIP INTO SW QUARTER OF FA FOR MID-LATE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOME DIMINISHING OF PRECIP NOW OBSERVED AS ENTIRE SYSTEM TRACKS SLOWLY EWRD...MODEL INDICATORS ARE THAT PROGRESSION WILL STILL CONTINUE. SUGGEST INTRODUCING POPS INTO CVG/DAY/PRT AREAS FOR MID-LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPS LOOK GOOD...ALTHOUGH WONDER IF CLD COVER WILL INHIBIT 80 DEGREE READINGS. DISTEFANO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
823 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM PERRY PARK KY 1 INCH HAIL
06/14/98 OWENLocal storm report, Jun 14, 8:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
823 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM PERRY PARK KY 1 INCH HAIL
06/14/98 OWENLocal storm report, Jun 14, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
853 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0838 PM CRITTENDEN KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98 GRANTLocal storm report, Jun 14, 10:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1025 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 PM SPARTA KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98 GALLATIN
0900 PM PINER KY .88 INCH HAIL
06/14/98 KENTONLocal storm report, Jun 14, 10:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1025 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 PM SPARTA KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98 GALLATIN
0900 PM PINER KY .88 INCH HAIL
06/14/98 KENTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Gallatin, Grant | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Kenton | 34 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.